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Presentation Title
A Historic Analysis of Igor Stravinsky's Variations: "Aldous Huxley in Memoriam"
Location
Library 221
Abstract
Igor Stravinsky wrote Variations: “Aldous Huxley in Memoriam” in 1963/4. Huxley and Stravinsky were close friends, and it makes sense that Stravinsky would honor Huxley in this way. Historical records reveal that the Variations had been begun before Huxley died. The relationship between Huxley and Stravinsky was important to both men, and the Variations, often neglected among Stravinsky's later works, is important and indicative of Stravinsky’s unwavering aesthetic beliefs. In this presentation I play a recording of Stravinsky’s Variations and follow with an analysis of the structure and discuss the historic and philosophical elements that are important for understanding this piece.
Presentation Type
Individual Presentation
Start Date
4-9-2013 10:40 AM
End Date
4-9-2013 11:00 AM
Panel
Panel: Sound and Vision
Panel Moderator
Cynthia Hahn
Field of Study for Presentation
Music
A Historic Analysis of Igor Stravinsky's Variations: "Aldous Huxley in Memoriam"
Library 221
Igor Stravinsky wrote Variations: “Aldous Huxley in Memoriam” in 1963/4. Huxley and Stravinsky were close friends, and it makes sense that Stravinsky would honor Huxley in this way. Historical records reveal that the Variations had been begun before Huxley died. The relationship between Huxley and Stravinsky was important to both men, and the Variations, often neglected among Stravinsky's later works, is important and indicative of Stravinsky’s unwavering aesthetic beliefs. In this presentation I play a recording of Stravinsky’s Variations and follow with an analysis of the structure and discuss the historic and philosophical elements that are important for understanding this piece.